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• iused of a single unit or thing; not two or more
• I Chroniclesthe first of two Old Testament books telling the history of Judah and Israel until the return from the Babylonian Captivity in 536 BC
• I Corinthiansa New Testament book containing the first epistle from Saint Paul to the church at Corinth
• I Esdraan Apocryphal book consisting of a compilation from I Chronicles and II Chronicles and Ezra and Nehemiah
• I Johnthe first New Testament epistle traditionally attributed to Saint John the Apostle
• I Kingsthe first of two Old Testament books telling the histories of the kings of Judah and Israel
• I Maccabeesan Apocryphal book describing the life of Judas Maccabaeus
• i o uA paper having on it these letters, with a sum named, and duly signed; -- in use in England as an acknowledgment of a debt, and taken as evidence thereof, but not amounting to a promissory note; a due bill. Wharton. Story.
• I Peterthe first New Testament book traditionally attributed to Saint Peter the Apostle
• I Samuelthe first of two books in the Old Testament that tell of Saul and David
• I Thessaloniansa New Testament book containing Saint Paul's first epistle to the Thessalonians
• I Timothya New Testament book containing Saint Paul's first epistle to Timothy; contains advice on pastoral matters
• i-See Y-. A prefix of obscure meaning, originally used with verbs, adverbs, adjectives, nouns, and pronouns. In the Middle English period, it was little employed except with verbs, being chiefly used with past participles, though occasionally with the infinitive Ycleped, or yclept, is perhaps the only word not entirely obsolete which shows this use. That no wight mighte it see neither yheere. Chaucer. Neither to ben yburied nor ybrent. Chaucer. Note: Some examples of Chaucer's use of this prefix are; ibe, ibeen, icaught, ycome, ydo, idoon, ygo, iproved, ywrought. It inough, enough, it is combined with an adjective. Other examples are in the Vocabulary. Spenser and later writers frequently employed this prefix when affecting an archaic style, and sometimes used it incorrectly.
• I-beamgirder having a cross section resembling the letter `I'
• I. A. RichardsEnglish literary critic who collaborated with C. K. Ogden and contributed to the development of Basic English (1893-1979)
• I. F. StoneUnited States journalist who advocated liberal causes (1907-1989)
• I. M. PeiUnited States architect (born in China in 1917)
• I.D.a card or badge used to identify the bearer
• i.e.that is to say; in other words
• I.E.D.an explosive device that is improvised
• I.Q.a measure of a person's intelligence as indicated by an intelligence test; the ratio of a person's mental age to their chronological age (multiplied by 100)
• I.W.W.a former international labor union and radical labor movement in the United States; founded in Chicago in 1905 and dedicated to the overthrow of capitalism; its membership declined after World War I
• IAa state in midwestern United States
• IAAYemen-based terrorist group that supports al-Qaeda's goals; seeks to overthrow the Yemeni government and eliminate United States interests; responsible for bombings and kidnappings and killing western tourists in Yemen
• IAEAthe United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy
• Iagothe villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife
• iamatologyMateria Medica; that branch of therapeutics which treats of remedies.
• iamba metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables
• iambicof or consisting of iambs
• iambicalIambic. [Obs. or R.]
• iambicallyIn a iambic manner; after the manner of iambics.
• iambizeTo satirize in iambics; to lampoon. [R.]
• iambusa metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables
• Ian Douglas SmithRhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919)
• Ian FlemingBritish writer famous for writing spy novels about secret agent James Bond (1908-1964)
• Ian Lancaster FlemingBritish writer famous for writing spy novels about secret agent James Bond (1908-1964)
• Ian SmithRhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919)
• Ian WilmutEnglish geneticist who succeeded in cloning a sheep from a cell from an adult ewe (born in 1944)
• ianfua woman forced into prostitution for Japanese servicemen during World War II
• ianthinaAny gastropod of the genus Ianthina, of which various species are found living in mid ocean; -- called also purple shell, and violet snail. [Written also janthina.] Note: It floats at the surface by means of a raft, which it constructs by forming and uniting together air bubbles of hardened mucus. The Tyrian purple of the ancients was obtained in part from mollusks of this genus.
• Iapetus(Greek mythology) the Titan who was father of Atlas and Epimetheus and Prometheus in ancient mythology
• iatralipticTreating diseases by anointing and friction; as, the iatraliptic method. [Written also iatroleptic.]
• iatricOf or pertaining to medicine, or to medical men.
• iatricalOf or pertaining to medicine, or to medical men.
• iatrochemicalOf or pertaining to iatrochemistry, or to the iatrochemists.
• iatrochemistA physician who explained or treated diseases upon chemical principles; one who practiced iatrochemistry.
• iatrochemistryChemistry applied to, or used in, medicine; -- used especially with reference to the doctrines in the school of physicians in Flanders, in the 17th century, who held that health depends upon the proper chemical relations of the fluids of the body, and who endeavored to explain the conditions of health or disease by chemical principles.
• iatrogenicinduced by a physician's words or therapy (used especially of a complication resulting from treatment)
• iatromathematicalOf or pertaining to iatromathematicians or their doctrine.
• iatromathematicianOne of a school of physicians in Italy, about the middle of the 17th century, who tried to apply the laws of mechanics and mathematics to the human body, and hence were eager student of anatomy; -- opposed to the iatrochemists.
• IBIndeterminately reserved ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization.
• ib.in the same place (used when citing a reference)
• Ibadana large Yoruba city in southwestern Nigeria; site of a university
• IBDA-Ca Turkish terrorist organization that claimed responsibility for bombing a British consulate and bank in Istanbul; a violent opponent of Turkey's secular government and its ties to the European Union and NATO
• Iberiaa peninsula in southwestern Europe
• iberianof or relating to the Iberian Peninsula or its inhabitants
• Iberian Peninsulaa peninsula in southwestern Europe
• IberisOld World herbs and subshrubs: candytuft
• Ibero-mesornissparrow-sized fossil bird of the Cretaceous period having a vestigial tail; found in Spain; considered possibly the third most primitive of all birds
• IbertFrench composer (1890-1962)
• ibexwild goat of mountain areas of Eurasia and northern Africa having large recurved horns
• ibid.in the same place (used when citing a reference)
• ibidemin the same place (used when citing a reference)
• ibiswading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills
• Ibis ibisany of several Old World birds of the genus Ibis
• Ibizan houndbreed of slender agile medium-sized hound found chiefly in the Balearic Islands; said to have been bred originally by the Pharaohs of ancient Egypt
• Ibizan Podencobreed of slender agile medium-sized hound found chiefly in the Balearic Islands; said to have been bred originally by the Pharaohs of ancient Egypt
• ibleAn adjective suffix now usually in a passive sense; able to be; fit to be; expressing capacity or worthiness in a passive sense; as, movable, able to be moved; amendable, able to be amended; blamable, fit to be blamed; salable. Note: The form ible is used in the same sense. Note: It is difficult to say when we are not to use -able instead of -ible. "Yet a rule may be laid down as to when we are to use it. To all verbs, then, from the Anglo-Saxon, to all based on the uncorrupted infinitival stems of Latin verbs of the first conjugation, and to all substantives, whencesoever sprung, we annex - able only." Fitzed. Hall.
• Ibn al-Haythaman Egyptian polymath (born in Iraq) whose research in geometry and optics was influential into the 17th century; established experiments as the norm of proof in physics (died in 1040)
• ibn Talal Husseinking of Jordan credited with creating stability at home and seeking peace with Israel (1935-1999)
• ibn-RoshdArabian philosopher born in Spain; wrote detailed commentaries on Aristotle that were admired by the Schoolmen (1126-1198)
• ibn-SinaArabian physician and influential Islamic philosopher; his interpretation of Aristotle influenced St. Thomas Aquinas; writings on medicine were important for almost 500 years (980-1037)
• ibolium privetfast-growing and tightly branched hybrid of Ligustrum ovalifolium and Ligustrum obtusifolium
• ibota privetfast-growing and tightly branched hybrid of Ligustrum ovalifolium and Ligustrum obtusifolium
• Ibrahimthe first of the Old Testament patriarchs and the father of Isaac; according to Genesis, God promised to give Abraham's family (the Hebrews) the land of Canaan (the Promised Land); God tested Abraham by asking him to sacrifice his son
• IBRDa United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments
• Ibsenrealistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906)
• Ibsenianof or relating to or in the manner of the playwright Henrik Ibsen
• ibsenismThe dramatic practice or purpose characteristic of the writings of Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906), Norwegian poet and dramatist, whose best-known plays deal with conventional hypocrisies, the story in each play thus developing a definite moral problem.
• ibuprofena nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory and analgesic medicine (trade names Advil and Motrin and Nuprin) used to relieve the pain of arthritis and as an antipyretic
• icbeing nine more than ninety
• icacoplum-shaped whitish to almost black fruit used for preserves; tropical American
• ICAOthe United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation
• icarianSoaring too high for safety, like Icarus; adventurous in flight.
• Icarus(Greek mythology) son of Daedalus; while escaping from Crete with his father (using the wings Daedalus had made) he flew too close to the sun and the wax melted and he fell into the Aegean and drowned
• ICBMa ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another
• ICCa former independent federal agency that supervised and set rates for carriers that transported goods and people between states; was terminated in 1995
• icea rink with a floor of ice for ice hockey or ice skating
• ice ageany period of time during which glaciers covered a large part of the earth's surface
• ice axan ax used by mountain climbers for cutting footholds in ice
• ice axean ax used by mountain climbers for cutting footholds in ice
• ice baga waterproof bag filled with ice: applied to the body (especially the head) to cool or reduce swelling
• ice bearwhite bear of Arctic regions
• ice capa mass of ice and snow that permanently covers a large area of land (e.g., the polar regions or a mountain peak)
• ice chesta refrigerator for cooling liquids
• ice coffeea strong sweetened coffee served over ice with cream
• ice creamA dessert made from frozen sweetened cream or a similar substance, usually flavoured.
• ice crystalsmall crystals of ice
• ice cubea small cube of artificial ice; used for cooling drinks
• ice fielda large flat mass of ice (larger than an ice floe) floating at sea
• ice floea flat mass of ice (smaller than an ice field) floating at sea
• ice foga dense winter fog containing ice particles
• ice hockeya game played on an ice rink by two opposing teams of six skaters each who try to knock a flat round puck into the opponents' goal with angled sticks
• ice hockey rinkan ice rink for playing ice hockey
• ice lollyice cream or water ice on a small wooden stick
• ice machinean electric refrigerator to supply ice cubes
• ice makeran appliance included in some electric refrigerators for making ice cubes
• ice massa large mass of ice
• ice milksimilar to ice cream but made of milk
• ice needlesmall crystals of ice
• ice overbecome covered with a layer of ice; of a surface such as a window
• ice packa waterproof bag filled with ice: applied to the body (especially the head) to cool or reduce swelling
• ice pickpick consisting of a steel rod with a sharp point; used for breaking up blocks of ice
• ice plantOld World annual widely naturalized in warm regions having white flowers and fleshy foliage covered with hairs that resemble ice
• ice rinka rink with a floor of ice for ice hockey or ice skating
• ice shelfice that is attached to land but projects out to sea
• ice showany entertainment performed by ice skaters
• ice skateskate consisting of a boot with a steel blade fitted to the sole
• ice skatingskating on ice
• ice storma storm with freezing rain that leaves everything glazed with ice
• ice teastrong tea served over ice
• ice tongstongs for lifting blocks of ice
• ice upbecome covered with a layer of ice; of a surface such as a window
• ice wagon(formerly) a horse-drawn wagon that delivered ice door to door
• ice waterwater served ice-cold or with ice
• ice yachta sailing vessel with runners and a cross-shaped frame; suitable for traveling over ice
• ice-builtComposed of ice.
• ice-cloggedobstructed by ice
• ice-coldas cold as ice
• ice-cream beanornamental evergreen tree with masses of white flowers; tropical and subtropical America
• ice-cream cakeice cream molded to look like a cake
• ice-cream coneice cream in a crisp conical wafer
• ice-cream floata drink with ice cream floating in it
• ice-cream sodaa drink with ice cream floating in it
• ice-cream sundaeice cream served with a topping
• ice-freefree of ice and open to travel
• ice-hockey playeran athlete who plays hockey
• ice-hockey rinkan ice rink for playing ice hockey
• ice-skatersomeone who engages in ice skating
• ice-skating rinka rink with a floor of ice for ice hockey or ice skating
• ice-wagon(formerly) a horse-drawn wagon that delivered ice door to door
• iceberglettuce with crisp tightly packed light-green leaves in a firm head
• iceberg lettucelettuce with crisp tightly packed light-green leaves in a firm head
• icebirdAn Arctic sea bird, as the Arctic fulmar.
• iceboata sailing vessel with runners and a cross-shaped frame; suitable for traveling over ice
• iceboundlocked in by ice
• iceboxwhite goods in which food can be stored at low temperatures
• icebox cakeice cream molded to look like a cake
• icebreakera beginning that relaxes a tense or formal atmosphere
• icecapa mass of ice and snow that permanently covers a large area of land (e.g., the polar regions or a mountain peak)
• icecreamfrozen dessert containing cream and sugar and flavoring
• icedCovered with ice; chilled with ice; as, iced water.
• iced coffeea strong sweetened coffee served over ice with cream
• iced teastrong tea served over ice
• iced-tea spoona teaspoon with a long handle
• icefalla steep part of a glacier resembling a frozen waterfall
• icehousea house for storing ice
• Icelanda volcanic island in the North Atlantic near the Arctic Circle
• Iceland lichenlichen with branched flattened partly erect thallus that grows in mountainous and Arctic regions; used as a medicine or food for humans and livestock; a source of glycerol
• iceland mossA kind of lichen (Cetraria Icelandica) found from the Arctic regions to the North Temperate zone. It furnishes a nutritious jelly and other forms of food, and is used in pulmonary complaints as a demulcent.
• Iceland poppyOld World alpine poppy with white or yellow to orange flowers
• iceland sparA transparent variety of calcite, the best of which is obtained in Iceland. It is used for the prisms of the polariscope, because of its strong double refraction. Cf. Calcite.
• icelanderA native, or one of the Scandinavian people, of Iceland.
• icelandicof or relating to Iceland or its people or culture and language
• Icelandic kronathe basic unit of money in Iceland
• Icelandic monetary unitmonetary unit in Iceland
• Icelandic-speakingable to communicate in Icelandic
• icemana professional killer
• icepickpick consisting of a steel rod with a sharp point; used for breaking up blocks of ice
• icequakeThe crash or concussion attending the breaking up of masses of ice, -- often due to contraction from extreme cold.
• icetraya tray for making cubes of ice in a refrigerator
• ichI. [Obs.] Chaucer. Note: In the Southern dialect of Early English this is the regular form. Cf. Ik.
• ichneumonnorthern African mongoose; in ancient times thought to devour crocodile eggs
• ichneumon flyhymenopterous insect that resembles a wasp and whose larvae are parasitic on caterpillars and other insect larvae
• Ichneumonidaeichneumon flies
• ichneumonidanOf or pertaining to the Ichneumonidæ, or ichneumon flies. -- n. One of the Ichneumonidæ.
• ichneumonidesThe ichneumon flies.
• ichniteA fossil footprint; as, the ichnites in the Triassic sandstone. Page.
• ichnographicOf or pertaining to ichonography; describing a ground plot.
• ichnographicalOf or pertaining to ichonography; describing a ground plot.
• ichnographyA horizontal section of a building or other object, showing its true dimensions according to a geometric scale; a ground plan; a map; also, the art of making such plans.
• ichnoliteA fossil footprint; an ichnite.
• ichnolithologySame as Ichnology. Hitchcock.
• ichnologicalOf or pertaining to ichnology.
• ichnologyThe branch of science which treats of fossil footprints.
• ichnoscopyThe search for the traces of anything. [R.]
• ichora fluid product of inflammation
• ichorhaemiaInfection of the blood with ichorous or putrid substances.
• ichorousof or resembling or characterized by ichor or sanies
• ichthidinA substance from the egg yolk of osseous fishes.
• ichthinA nitrogenous substance resembling vitellin, present in the egg yolk of cartilaginous fishes.
• ichthulinA substance from the yolk of salmon's egg.
• ichthusIn early Christian and eccesiastical art, an emblematic fish, or the Greek word for fish, which combined the initials of the Greek words
• ichthyicLike, or pertaining to, fishes.
• ichthyocolFish glue; isinglass; a glue prepared from the sounds of certain fishes.
• ichthyocollaFish glue; isinglass; a glue prepared from the sounds of certain fishes.
• ichthyocoproliteFossil dung of fishes.
• ichthyodoruliteOne of the spiny plates foundon the back and tail of certain skates.
• ichthyographyA treatise on fishes.
• ichthyoidSomewhat like a fish; having some of the characteristics of fishes; -- said of some amphibians.